i miss my uniform....

[strats]

last night i had this weird craving to iron pants and shine boots... i had such a kickin uniform.... i miss it. unfortunatly all of my old cadet friends are old geezers like me now who are too old to be cadets, or they are officers who have their own crazy kind of uniform...

perhaps i should start some sort of service where people pay me to do uniforms... lol.... is that even legal? i remember people at camp doing that but i think they got in trouble. i just miss doing it, it was so soothing and relaxing, just sitting there for hours going round and round and round or iron and starch and iron and starch .....

[wells]

:eek: COOL [!]:cool: lol...I can't say I find it that enjoyable myself.:confused: , lol

[Fufu_65]

awww..i know waht u mean..i love donig my uniform..i enter like my own lil world..where no one and nothing can disturb me..hopefully u'll find a uniform..soon..*cough*officer*cough*

-SS

[grass_roots]

I have my uniform all crisply ironed, boots nice and shiney, medal and gunner's chain properly in place with white ceremonial gloves poking out of the left breast pocket, haha, I even have the sleeves pinned neatly to the side so that the badges show nicely when you look at it. It was real tuff admitting to myself that it was over, so that was my way of saying goodbye, being a rediculous perfectionist I guess. It will probably stay like that, hung up in the corner, collecting dust, for some time I suppose, untill I need to move out or give into the urge to throw it on and wear it around the house, haha(jokes).

Haha, we should start up a nation wide ex-cadet uniform service, haha, if your interested we'll "iron out" the details later

...buh, duh, buh, ching

[RyanForbes]

I have my uniform all crisply ironed, boots nice and shiney, medal and gunner's chain properly in place with white ceremonial gloves poking out of the left breast pocket, haha, I even have the sleeves pinned neatly to the side so that the badges show nicely when you look at it. It was real tuff admitting to myself that it was over, so that was my way of saying goodbye, being a rediculous perfectionist I guess. It will probably stay like that, hung up in the corner, collecting dust, for some time I suppose, untill I need to move out or give into the urge to throw it on and wear it around the house, haha(jokes).

Haha, we should start up a nation wide ex-cadet uniform service, haha, if your interested we'll "iron out" the details later

...buh, duh, buh, ching


ummm..am i under the impression that you kept your uniform after you left cadets? aren't you supposed to return it, so a new cadet will have the chance at wearing one?

[spy_me]

i have a complete uniform back home in my closet, i returned 2 full ones and kept my best for myself to keep. But i wear another uniform now anyway, lol.

[grass_roots]

well technically yes, but....

...yoink

*runs outa the room realy fast to avoid suspision*

...haha

but seriously, my supply officer was cool with it, I'd given 5 good years and the uniform I had was the old material so they had no problems with me keeping it, as for the boots, I had invested a good $50 having them double soled so they let me keep them. The LSM and gunners chain were both awarded to me so there's no need to return that ;)

[The Blue Tory]

When I am 100% accepting that cadets is over for me I will return it..

[grass_roots]

When I am 100% accepting that cadets is over for me I will return it..

psst, don't kid yourself, that will never happen Ed, we're lifers ;)

[Bright Eyes]

Haha, we should start up a nation wide ex-cadet uniform service, haha, if your interested we'll "iron out" the details later
Ex-Cadet Uniform Service: It'sTEAM effort!

...buh, duh, buh, ching

[sgt4life]

When I was done cadets, I returened everything I had signed out. For some reason, though... I found myself in possesion of numerous articles that I had never signed for... strange. :D

[grass_roots]

When I was done cadets, I returened everything I had signed out. For some reason, though... I found myself in possesion of numerous articles that I had never signed for... strange. :D

HAHAHA

It's great when your best buddy is the supply NCO eh?

[grass_roots]

Ex-Cadet Uniform Service: It'sTEAM effort!

I'm sorry, I'm very slow tonight, I don't get it :confused:

[Bright Eyes]

I'm sorry, I'm very slow tonight, I don't get it :confused:
... come on ... it'steam effort ... steam effort ... team effort ...

Killin' me. You people are killin' me!

[grass_roots]

oh right, I get it now :confused:

Alaska PEI? for real? like is there actually an Alaska in PEI?

*note: you could say yes and I would probably believe you*

[Coupland]

oh right, I get it now :confused:

Alaska PEI? for real? like is there actually an Alaska in PEI?

*note: you could say yes and I would probably believe you*

yes........

[sgt4life]

HAHAHA

It's great when your best buddy is the supply NCO eh?

LOL! That's NOT how it happened, really! I don't know HOW I got so many uniform parts, HONEST!!!

[Bright Eyes]

oh right, I get it now :confused:
steam effort ... with the ironing uniforms ... it'sTEAM effort ... with the team being all of us using steam to make the uniforms good ...

Oh forget it.


Alaska PEI? for real? like is there actually an Alaska in PEI?
I do not jest. I would send you a picture of our roadsign if we had one. It gets stolen at least 2-3 times a year because everyone wants a sign that says Alaska on it. Yes ... I live in Alaska, PEI. Named because we had the first schoolhouse in the area during the gold rush. The pioneers thought education was "as precious as gold" so they named the town Alaska. :)

Seriously.

Edit: PEI also has: Mermaid, Fredericton and Toronto.

[Insane Power Pilot]

ummm..am i under the impression that you kept your uniform after you left cadets? aren't you supposed to return it, so a new cadet will have the chance at wearing one?

I didn't have to return mine...my squadron lets all cadets who "retire" keep their uniforms.

It has sat in my closet for 2 years.

[RyanForbes]

well i have to return all my kit even if i do retire...but i seem to have aquired many parts...through my own financial means and otherwise...

mostly my combat stuffs, but what i signed out i will return

[SmileForMe]

There are certain things you are technically allowed to keep.

(Sea Cadets):
-Gunshirt
-Turtle Neck
-Wool Socks
-White top
-Toque
-Gloves
-Badges
-Insignia (cap brass for those of you staff cadets)

Which means anything else should be returned :)

I personally can't wait to get all of my CIC uniform so I can get back into a uniform, I do miss it!

[Fufu_65]

some how i've ended up with 9 gunshirts, 3 pairs of pants and 5 turtlenecks..:confused: quite ocnfused on how i got them ALL


-SS

[Hoots]

hehe the joys of doing stores at my sqn, get all the best kit now and equire certain items ;)

[strats]

i have this pair of boots but somehow they have rainbows and stars and lightning bolts and flowers all over them... they don't polish well anymore. :rolleyes:

[Pilot]

I iron my shirts for school everyday... keeps the craving away...

[Bright Eyes]

I iron my shirts for school everyday... keeps the craving away...
Do you iron your jeans too? All the cool kids' moms do it for them.

[SmileForMe]

Do you iron your jeans too? All the cool kids' moms do it for them.
Well of course!! :cool:

[Coupland]

i have this pair of boots but somehow they have rainbows and stars and lightning bolts and flowers all over them... they don't polish well anymore. :rolleyes:

i think you should put sparkles..
you'd proably wear them more

[hartley_2.0]

I put an RMC tunic on at work today, it fit me perfectly, kinda spooky really


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[Flyguy]

I've no desire to jump back into uniform immediately...yet. I'm sure that I will miss my uniform during the summer. I still have most of it, except the new parka...they asked me give that one back 'cause it was too new.

...

...

Darnit all, you know I do miss it...

The parka that is.

[strats]

i think you should put sparkles..
you'd proably wear them more



you know me too well. actually i dont wear them that much because they look stupid with pants, and usually when i wear a skirt i am going out dancing and well, steel toes aren't exaaaactly the best for that. :rolleyes:



and who was making fun of the people who iron their jeans??? i didnt just iron them.... i startched them!! i had HOOPS! heheheh they rocked. sadly i dont have an ironing board anymore.

[CI Dumaran]

Last time I wore my uniform, which I do miss aswell, was at a funeral for an Officer who I had know for a very long time.

I thought it a fitting tribute to the man that helped me get into that uniform.

I hope everyones last time in there uniform was a more joyous one than mine.

[ctjj.stevenson]

Actually, I do not miss my cadet uniform too much. The last time that I had it on, it was for my Coxs'n Passing of commandment parade, and I only wore my uniform for that parade. I took it off right after, and since then, I did not put it on again. Actually, after four years in my closet, I will be giving my tunic to a chief of my unit this week.

I was happy to let go of my uniform, because to me, it was a piece of evidence of my adulthood. I am no longer a cadet anymore, (I think that this was a bigger transition in my life, than turning 18). And in the words of a great man, Wilson Wilson Jr., who quoted another great man, who I can not remember at time time:



When I was a child, I thought like a child, I acted like a child, and I played like a child. Now that I am a man, I have put away childish things.

Other people have ask how some people were permitted to keep their uniforms. This is the reason. You are permitted to keep gunshirts, short-sleeved shirts - because of the direct contact with your skin, cap/berets/wedges - if they can not be used by someone else, boots - after a three year period because it will be unsafe to give them to someone else, tuques, socks, pt gear, and I believe that it is all. Some commanding officers will let their cadets who have served the unit honourably keep other parts of their uniforms - i.e., tunics - as a gift of their loyal service. Guiters and webbing belongs to the unit, and can not be given away.

Good day!
I said good day!

[CI Dumaran]

It's an unwritten thing...

When you spend almost your whole adolescence as a cadet keeping your uniform is some what given.

I love that post! <CTJJ Stevenson>

[LCdr Gene Fedderly]

Originally Posted by Wilson Wilson Jr. on Home Improvement - this is more or less the idea of the quote

When I was a child, I thought like a child, I acted like a child, and I played like a child. Now that I am a man, I have put away childish things.This is from The Bible, 1st Corinthians 11-13

[11] When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
[12] For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
[13] And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

[ctjj.stevenson]

This is from The Bible, 1st Corinthians 11-13
[11] When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.


Thanks for the real quote sir. However, let me just say that being a cadet has not been a childish thing for me, because I love the Canadian Cadet Movement. My life as a cadet will always be an important part, and will be memories that I will always keep.

However, I guess that I am not so sad to be giving my cadet uniform away because I have another uniform know, and I got too many uniforms .... I think that I might have more uniform parts at the moment then clothes that I actually wear (I have to really go shopping).

Encore une fois ... bonne journée à tous!

[Thormaxthor]

Don't Feel bad I miss My old BDU and Class A from JROTC But I'm glad to have the Ribbons and pic of me in Class A you can say if I die I wont to go in Boots ,BDU , and a Cadet Class A folded at my side ( Class of 1993 USA)

[woharrity]

i definatly miss my uniform, it was kick ***. When i worked on it, and made perfect it just felt good, controled and very disiplined. I guess it sounds kinda sad, but when you have mastered your uniform you can do anything. Now im in the army, and we only wear DEU's for big parades....on training nites all i have to do is blacken my boots, put my combats in the dryer for 15min, and delint my beret. Not exactly hardcore.

[Ching]

I don't know if I'll miss my uniform or not. I think I may miss it more than actually being in cadets... but I don't know about that, either.
In my squadron, we're not technically allowed to keep them, but I think that some of our retirees just don't give them back. But there's not much point in giving them back, anyway, because the Sup O usually just orders new stuff, rather than re issuing old stuff.

[CI Dumaran]

I look at my uniform, in all it's perfection, and I miss the good 'ol days but I must move on. As all will and should do.